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kramer65
kramer65

Reputation: 53873

How to load python module from a neighbouring package?

I've made two python packages as follows:

theMainFolder/
├── package_a/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── some_a_file.py
├──package_b/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── some_b_file.py

I now want to import some_a_file into some_b_file. I tried doing this using:

from package_a import some_a_file

but this doesn't work. Does anybody know how I can do this? All tips are welcome.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 73

Answers (2)

Ashoka Lella
Ashoka Lella

Reputation: 6729

Relatively add path to the location of theMainFolder and then do an import

import sys                                               
from os.path import dirname, abspath                     
sys.path.insert(0, dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__))))  
from package_a import some_a_file

Upvotes: 1

falsetru
falsetru

Reputation: 369074

When you run the program, add the path of theMainFolder to the module search path:

PYTHONPATH=/path/to/theMainFolder python main_program.py

Upvotes: 1

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